Discover how a robust interconnected state-regional effort in Eastern Alabama is tackling the national cybersecurity workforce shortage and helping students in rural America access high demand, high earning career credentials. Digital Promise’s statewide pathways blueprint is a framework for how states and regions can build and scale career-credentialed pathways.
The United States faces a critical cybersecurity workforce shortage, with information security analyst positions projected to grow 33% by 2033.
In 2022, Digital Promise launched an initiative to engage school districts in co-creating Cybersecurity Pathways programs in collaboration with communities, industries and postsecondary institutions. We supported an inaugural cohort of ten school districts from across the country in the co-design of locally relevant credentialed Cybersecurity Pathways in collaboration with their students, families, and educators.
Over 1,000 students participated in the first year. The growing demand spurred the expansion of the Cybersecurity Pathways Initiative to a second national cohort and the launch of an interconnected state-regional effort in Alabama. Click on the links below to learn more about each project within our initiative.
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